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Lesson Overview This lesson is designed to be an inquiry based lesson. It is designed to introduce the unit. To open the lesson I will inform the students that they are going to watch a U tube video and I want them to guess what they are watching. The students will brainstorm and give their answers out loud. Students should be able to conclude that it was an earthquake. If not I will ask guided question to illustrate the correct response. Then students will work in partners to complete the first two columns of a KWL graphic organizer, what they KNOW and what they WANT to know about earthquakes. As a class, we will complete a KWL on an overhead projector from their ideas. Once the first two columns are complete on the overhead the students will stay in partners and use the lab tops to complete the Learned column using http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/. Next, the students will be given a map of the world and they will plot the earthquakes of the day from the website. (The students will keep the maps and plot the earthquakes again in a second class. This data will be used during the next lesson to connect the earthquakes to plate tectonics.) The last fifteen minutes of class will be spent completing the KWL on the overhead as a class and answering any questions the students will have. The class will end with a group discussion about earthquakes how people are affected by them. Learning Performances The students will complete the KWL and chart recent earthquakes on a map of the world. The KWL will help the students to structure what they know about earthquakes, what they want to know and what they learned. The goal of this lesson is for students to inquire about what causes an earthquake recognize patterns when they plot the earthquakes. Links to Standards or Benchmarks
Materials Needed Lap Tops (they will be in the classroom)
KWL
World map handout Overhead projector
Time Required- (90 mins)
Instructional Sequence
5 minutes to show U tube video and discuss
20 minutes to complete first to columns of the KWL in pairs and as a class
30 minutes to search U.S. geological website and complete the last column and chart their data on the world maps
20 minutes to complete the last column as a class and discuss what they have learned
15 minute discussion- how people are affected by earthquakes (use news paper article) Introducing the lesson
Ø Inform the students they are about to watch a U tube video and they need to guess what they are watching.
Ø The students will brainstorm and, and I will write their ideas on the board. They should be able to conclude it is an earthquake. If not I will ask guiding question to illustrate the correct response. The U tube video should strike the students interest, and motivate them to be active during the lesson.
Ø All the materials will be handed out to the students and as a class we will go over the directions Instructional Activities ØThen I will hand out the KWL to the students and in pairs they will complete the first two columns, what they know and want to know about earthquakes. ØNext the class we will complete the first two column of an overhead KWL from the ideas generated by the groups. One goal of this lesson is for students to inquire about what causes an earthquake? If the students do not generate this question I will guide them to thinking about this question, by asking, "What do you think causes an earthquake?" If they can answer it then this information will go in the Know column and if not the question will go in the Want to know column.
Ø Then the class will transition to using the laptops. The students will use the computers to search the Geological survey website, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/, to answer the questions placed in the want to know column.
Ø The second goal of this lesson is for students to use the World map, to plot the earthquakes of the day. I will hand out the world map before they go to using the lab tops. Directions will be given to the students to plot the earthquakes that have occurred today on their map. The students will be told that they will be plotting earthquakes today and tomorrow to identify any patterns. Concluding the Lesson
Ø 20 minutes of class time will be used to complete the KWL overhead as a class and fill in the Learned column. The students will discover that earthquakes are caused by the movement of earths plates. The class will also be able to discuss what else they learned by looking at the geological survey website. Such as magnitudes and frequency of earthquakes.
Ø The class will end with a class discussion about family or friends that have been affected by earthquakes. If no one has any stories I will have a newspaper article ready to share with them.
Ø A reminder will be given to hold on to their world maps, they will complete them next class Assessing Student Understanding The KWL will be handed in and used to gear how much the students already know about the subject and any misconceptions they have about the topic. No formal grade will be given they will be given homework credit or class credit for this assignment. Cautions
The students will have to maintain good behavior and be careful handling the lap tops so nothing breaks. Also students must stay focused and stay on the correct website. Sources www.kathyschrock.com Teaching Resources KWL World Map
Newspaper article
U tube video
Rationale
When developing this lesson I wanted to develop an inquiry based lesson to start the unit that would interest the students and get them thinking about earthquakes and plate movements. I also wanted the lesson to give me an idea of what the students already knew, and any misconceptions they have about the topic. Using the KWL allows me to see what the students already know about earthquakes and it also gives me an idea what interest them about the topic in the ‘want to know column’. I wanted the lesson to be inquiry based and keep the students on the same page. Going over the KWL as a class on the overhead will keep the whole class well informed and give the students the repetition they need to understand the concepts. Using the internet site gives the student free range to look and explore what they want while still staying focused on the question they developed in the second "Want" column. The ultimate goal of this lesson is for the students to discover what causes earthquakes.
Lesson Overview
This lesson is designed to be an inquiry based lesson. It is designed to introduce the unit. To open the lesson I will inform the students that they are going to watch a U tube video and I want them to guess what they are watching. The students will brainstorm and give their answers out loud. Students should be able to conclude that it was an earthquake. If not I will ask guided question to illustrate the correct response. Then students will work in partners to complete the first two columns of a KWL graphic organizer, what they KNOW and what they WANT to know about earthquakes. As a class, we will complete a KWL on an overhead projector from their ideas. Once the first two columns are complete on the overhead the students will stay in partners and use the lab tops to complete the Learned column using http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/. Next, the students will be given a map of the world and they will plot the earthquakes of the day from the website. (The students will keep the maps and plot the earthquakes again in a second class. This data will be used during the next lesson to connect the earthquakes to plate tectonics.) The last fifteen minutes of class will be spent completing the KWL on the overhead as a class and answering any questions the students will have. The class will end with a group discussion about earthquakes how people are affected by them.
Learning Performances
The students will complete the KWL and chart recent earthquakes on a map of the world. The KWL will help the students to structure what they know about earthquakes, what they want to know and what they learned. The goal of this lesson is for students to inquire about what causes an earthquake recognize patterns when they plot the earthquakes.
Links to Standards or Benchmarks
Materials Needed
Lap Tops (they will be in the classroom)
KWL
World map handout
Overhead projector
Time Required- (90 mins)
Instructional Sequence
5 minutes to show U tube video and discuss
20 minutes to complete first to columns of the KWL in pairs and as a class
30 minutes to search U.S. geological website and complete the last column and chart their data on the world maps
20 minutes to complete the last column as a class and discuss what they have learned
15 minute discussion- how people are affected by earthquakes (use news paper article)
Introducing the lesson
Ø Inform the students they are about to watch a U tube video and they need to guess what they are watching.
Ø The students will brainstorm and, and I will write their ideas on the board. They should be able to conclude it is an earthquake. If not I will ask guiding question to illustrate the correct response. The U tube video should strike the students interest, and motivate them to be active during the lesson.
Ø All the materials will be handed out to the students and as a class we will go over the directions
Instructional Activities
Ø Then I will hand out the KWL to the students and in pairs they will complete the first two columns, what they know and want to know about earthquakes.
Ø Next the class we will complete the first two column of an overhead KWL from the ideas generated by the groups. One goal of this lesson is for students to inquire about what causes an earthquake? If the students do not generate this question I will guide them to thinking about this question, by asking, "What do you think causes an earthquake?" If they can answer it then this information will go in the Know column and if not the question will go in the Want to know column.
Ø Then the class will transition to using the laptops. The students will use the computers to search the Geological survey website, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/, to answer the questions placed in the want to know column.
Ø The second goal of this lesson is for students to use the World map, to plot the earthquakes of the day. I will hand out the world map before they go to using the lab tops. Directions will be given to the students to plot the earthquakes that have occurred today on their map. The students will be told that they will be plotting earthquakes today and tomorrow to identify any patterns.
Concluding the Lesson
Ø 20 minutes of class time will be used to complete the KWL overhead as a class and fill in the Learned column. The students will discover that earthquakes are caused by the movement of earths plates. The class will also be able to discuss what else they learned by looking at the geological survey website. Such as magnitudes and frequency of earthquakes.
Ø The class will end with a class discussion about family or friends that have been affected by earthquakes. If no one has any stories I will have a newspaper article ready to share with them.
Ø A reminder will be given to hold on to their world maps, they will complete them next class
Assessing Student Understanding
The KWL will be handed in and used to gear how much the students already know about the subject and any misconceptions they have about the topic. No formal grade will be given they will be given homework credit or class credit for this assignment.
Cautions
The students will have to maintain good behavior and be careful handling the lap tops so nothing breaks. Also students must stay focused and stay on the correct website.
Sources
www.kathyschrock.com
Teaching Resources
KWL
World Map
Newspaper article
U tube video
Rationale
When developing this lesson I wanted to develop an inquiry based lesson to start the unit that would interest the students and get them thinking about earthquakes and plate movements. I also wanted the lesson to give me an idea of what the students already knew, and any misconceptions they have about the topic. Using the KWL allows me to see what the students already know about earthquakes and it also gives me an idea what interest them about the topic in the ‘want to know column’. I wanted the lesson to be inquiry based and keep the students on the same page. Going over the KWL as a class on the overhead will keep the whole class well informed and give the students the repetition they need to understand the concepts. Using the internet site gives the student free range to look and explore what they want while still staying focused on the question they developed in the second "Want" column. The ultimate goal of this lesson is for the students to discover what causes earthquakes.